explain briefly about mining of minerals
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Answer:Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit. These deposits form a mineralized package that is of economic interest to the miner.
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the process of taking or extracting mineral is called mining . there are three method of mining minerals
- open cast mining
- shaft mining
- drilling
- quarrying
Minerals that lie in shallow depth are taken out by removing the surface layer; this is known as Open cast mining
Deep bores , called shafts have to be made to reach mineral deposits that lie at great depths , this is called Shaft mining
Petroleum and other natural gas occur far below the earth's surface. Deep wells are bored to take them out this is called Drilling
minerals that lie near the surface are simply dug out by process called Quarrying